Judge Dudley Wooten, a long-time Texas politician and lawyer, moved from that state to Seattle and made visits to Alaska in the early 20th century. In Seattle, he resumed his work as an attorney. Upon one visit to Alaska, Wooten went to the Love-Whitley meat shop and chanced on the various produce grown in the […]
William Egan was born in Valdez to a mining family on October 8th, 1914. From his meager beginnings in Valdez, he would become one of Alaska’s most famous people. By age 10, Bill worked in a local cannery following his father’s death in an avalanche to help his mother care for the family. His interest […]
After three days of trenching and laying cable through the Valdez tidal flats, in the early morning hours of September 29th 1904, the U.S. Army Transport Burnside began laying 650 miles of cable from Valdez to the southeast community of Sitka. The steamer was successful in its task of laying the cable, which would cut […]
The construction of the Keystone Canyon Tunnel just outside Valdez came to an abrupt halt on September 25th, 1907. The tunnel, for which nine companies vied for right-of-way along the Lowe River, was being constructed to reach the abundant copper in the interior. construction stopped when a violent dispute involving gunfire from two U.S. Marshals […]